So the Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

two of each, male and female, entered the ark with Noah, just as God had commanded him.

I will require the life of every animal and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man’s brother for a man’s life.

The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

They said to each other, “Come, let us make oven-fired bricks.” They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.

Abram passed through the land to the site of Shechem, at the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

So Lot chose the entire Jordan Valley for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

So he brought all these to Him, split them down the middle, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut up the birds.

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will break his yoke from your neck.

Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

As for the weaklings of the flocks, he did not put out the branches. So it turned out that the weak sheep belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

and also Mizpah, for he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are out of each other’s sight.

Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing sheep and cattle. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.

Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem.

Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah, died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Oak of Weeping.

The Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.

He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning.

Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation.

When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up.

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s money to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.

When we came to the place where we lodged for the night and opened our bags of grain, each one’s money was at the top of his bag! It was the full amount of our money, and we have brought it back with us.

They were seated before him in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

Then Joseph commanded his steward: “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s money at the top of his bag.

So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept, and afterward his brothers talked with him.

He gave each of the brothers changes of clothes, but he gave Benjamin 300 pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.

These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his family:

Each woman will ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry, and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed their staffs.

Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household.

If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person will eat.

he took 600 of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. This way I will test them to see whether or not they will follow My instructions.

This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’”

When they measured it by quarts, the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat.

They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

Understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day He will give you two days’ worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been and went into the tent.

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It is to be this way for the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

The length of each curtain should be 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains are to have the same measurements.

The length of each curtain should be 45 feet and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains are to have the same measurements.

The length of each plank is to be 15 feet, and the width of each plank 27 inches.

Each plank must be connected together with two tenons. Do the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.

along with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank;

There are to be eight planks with their silver bases: 16 bases; two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank.

The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7½ feet, all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze.

The 12 stones are to correspond to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the 12 tribes.

Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and anoint it in order to consecrate it.

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

Each man who is registered, 20 years old or more, must give this contribution to the Lord.

He told them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man fasten his sword to his side; go back and forth through the camp from entrance to entrance, and each of you kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated to the Lord, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand up, each one at the door of his tent, and they would watch Moses until he entered the tent.

As all the people saw the pillar of cloud remaining at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up, then bow in worship, each one at the door of his tent.

The length of each curtain was 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains had the same measurements.

He joined five of the curtains to each other, and the other five curtains he joined to each other.

He made 50 loops on the one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other.

He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.

The length of each curtain was 45 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet. All 11 curtains had the same measurements.

The length of each plank was 15 feet, and the width of each was 27 inches.

There were two tenons connected to each other for each plank. He did the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.

and he made 40 silver bases to put under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under each of the following planks for their two tenons;

with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones;

So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one.

one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.

They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with a calyx and petals, on the next branch. It was this way for the six branches that extended from the lampstand.

There were 7,500 pounds of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds for each base.

The 12 stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the 12 tribes.

You are to season each of your grain offerings with salt; you must not omit from your grain offering the salt of the covenant with your God. You are to present salt with each of your offerings.

From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the Lord. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offering; it is his.

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them to do.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord.

“These are the Lord’s appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for you throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month.

“Take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.

Place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread and a fire offering to the Lord.

You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.

“In this Year of Jubilee, each of you will return to his property.

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to live in freedom.

A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.

“The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.

The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, with their banners.

The Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral house.

collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—20 gerahs to the shekel.

Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.